Yo Mariana curates the best of Houston and provides her followers with unique recommendations of where to enjoy exciting culinary experiences, drink delicious cocktails, or explore art, theater, and all the fun things our wonderful city has to offer. She also shares her International travel adventures and her personal opinion on the products she loves.
Holiday Responsibly with this delicious Fig Holiday Cocktail recipe inspired by Jessamine McLellan, co-founder and educational lead of Campari Academy who gave me the amazing idea of incorporating fig to one of my favorite drinks, gin and tonic in a virtual event organized by Responsibility.org.
Read Morewas driving at night on the road from Waco to Houston, ready to cry. A Texan journey back home that was too straight and dark, not to mention boring. No curves or mountains to make it a bit more entertaining, or at least more like the ones I used to drive in Mexico. I had just experienced a moment I never thought would happen to me and one that had been looming over me for several years. I had dropped off my daughter at college.
Read MoreIn times of change, it is crucial for me to pay attention to not neglect the routines that make me feel good because if I prioritize them at the bottom of my list, it immediately impacts my physical and mental health. To respect those routines, I know I have to reclaim my space, and in these schedule-less months, it's quite a challenge. Over the years, I have become more assertive in seeking and finding those moments, but do they really give me what I need?
Read MoreEvery time I have my children's attention, I feel like it's the perfect opportunity to talk with them about important issues that concern me the most. Golden moments. However, that ground gold slips through my fingers when I realize that instead of having a conversation, I'm just lecturing them. Have you ever thought mid-conversation with them: — Here I go again with my endless and boring speeches.
Read MoreI always wonder if my kids are really listening when we engage in conversations about significant topics. Are they truly getting what I’m trying to tell them? Am I paying enough attention and listening to what they have to say as well?
Read More-I don’t know- are three words I’ve had to repeat to my kids more often than I’ve liked to since the pandemic started. Every time I pull this ace out of my sleeve like an experienced magician, a knot in my stomach tightens. These three words usually mean that uncertainty is knocking at my door like an unsolicited visitor I’ve feared all my life.
Read MoreThis back-to-school feels different. To see my kids as the main characters of their own story reminds me of how independent they’ve become. I can feel their excitement and curiosity wrapped up around pure innocence every time they experience something new, which fills my heart with tenderness and panic all at once.
After a long and deep sigh, I can finally say this surreal school year has come to an end. Unprecedented, weird, unpredictable, challenging, different, and dividing are just a few understated adjectives to describe it, but we did it!
Read MoreThis is one of the toughest articles I’ve ever written. It confronted me with a reality that I couldn’t see, or better said, I didn’t want to see. It has made me face uncomfortable questions like, am I enjoying motherhood?
Read MoreToday I share the story of how mother nature came, once again, to teach us a lesson in humbleness and to measure our emotional fortitude, and our spiritual thermometer.
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